Journal profile · PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH
Community Health Equity Research & Policy
ISSN 2752-535X · eISSN 2752-5368 · SAGE
Community Health Equity Research & Policy: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.2 (journal website); hybrid open access; APC charged, amount not published; review about 201 days (submission to acceptance, publisher); acceptance rate 16.5% (journal website); 46 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Community Health Equity Research & Policy is published by SAGE and is in Zone 4 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Global Maternal and Child Health, Health Policy Implementation Science and Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations, together about 22.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are General Health Professions. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Community Health Equity Research & Policy is committed to publishing applied research, policy and case studies dealing with community health education and its relationship to social change. Since 1981, this rigorously peer-reviewed journal has contained a wide selection of material by contributors who are authorities in their field. This journal is a member of the … | View full journal description
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH
Editor-in-chief Kathryn P. DerosePublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United States 3, Mexico 1 (4 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Global Maternal and Child HealthMedicine7.6%
- Health Policy Implementation ScienceHealth Professions7.6%
- Food Security and Health in Diverse PopulationsHealth Professions7.6%
- Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive HealthHealth Professions6%
- Community Health and DevelopmentHealth Professions5.3%
- Obesity, Physical Activity, DietMedicine4.3%
- HIV/AIDS Research and InterventionsMedicine4.3%
- Health disparities and outcomesSocial Sciences4.3%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 2.2Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher)
- 2.1Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.4LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.62LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.82LetPub ·
- h-index
- 19OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 39OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.34OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 35.09%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 41LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 3Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 248 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 31 | 23 | 6 |
| 2025 | 46 | 32 | 37 |
| 2024 | 36 | 23 | 108 |
| 2023 | 31 | 22 | 234 |
| 2022 | 19 | 6 | 153 |
| 2021 | 69 | 12 | 769 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
Publisher-reported review time from the journal's website
201 dayssubmission to acceptance
The publisher's own definition applies; dates from this journal's articles in the last 24 months are not available yet, so the publisher's figure is used.
Figures by source
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 16.5%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 3 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance
- 201 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 19 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewPublisher website
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
What to prepare3 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- 100–250 words
- Reference style
- AMA
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
Article types accepted10
- annotated bibliographyCHERP accepts the following types: Applied Research Program Evaluation Case Studies Annotated BibliographyLength not stated
- applied researchCHERP accepts the following types: Applied ResearchLength not stated
- book reviewOriginality. Authors should note that only original articles are accepted for publication. Submission of a manuscript represents certification on the part of th…Length not stated
- case studiesCHERP accepts the following types: Applied Research Program Evaluation Case StudiesLength not stated
- case studyOriginality. Authors should note that only original articles are accepted for publication. Submission of a manuscript represents certification on the part of th…Length not stated
- commentaryOriginality. Authors should note that only original articles are accepted for publication. Submission of a manuscript represents certification on the part of th…Length not stated
- original articleOriginality. Authors should note that only original articles are accepted for publication. Submission of a manuscript represents certification on the part of th…Length not stated
- policy, theory, and social issue articleCHERP accepts the following types: Applied Research Program Evaluation Case Studies Annotated Bibliography Policy, Theory, and Social Issue ArticleLength not stated
- program evaluationCHERP accepts the following types: Applied Research Program EvaluationLength not stated
- review articleOriginality. Authors should note that only original articles are accepted for publication. Submission of a manuscript represents certification on the part of th…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Data availability, Publication ethics, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism, Preprints, Trial registration / reporting guidelines
- Authorship Author contributions
You will be asked to list the contribution of each author as part of the submission process. Please include the Author Contributions heading within your submission after the Acknowledgements section. The information you give on submission will then show under the Author Contributions heading later at the proofing stage.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data availability
The Journal is committed to facilitating openness, transparency and reproducibility of research, and has the following research data sharing policy. For more information, including FAQs please visit the Sage Research Data policy pages. Subject to appropriate ethical and legal considerations, authors are encouraged to: Share your research data in a relevant public data repository Include a data ava…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Ethical considerations
Please include your ethics approval statements under this heading, even if you have already included ethics approval information in your methods section. If ethical approval was not required, you need to explicitly state this. All papers reporting studies involving human participants, human data or human tissue must state that the relevant Ethics Committee or Institutional Review Board approved th…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Publishing fees and open access
No submission or publication fees; optional OA via Sage Choice. Model summary
There are no fees payable to submit or publish in this journal. Optional open access publishing is available for a fee via the Sage Choice program, and Open Access agreements, where authors can publish open access either discounted or free of charge depending on the agreement with Sage. Find out if your institution is participating by visiting Open Access Agreements at Sage. Open Access agreement …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review policy
Double anonymized peer review. Model summary
The following summary describes the peer review process for this journal: Identity transparency:Double-anonymized Reviewer interacts with: Editor Review information published: None Your manuscript will undergo an initial evaluation. If it does not conform to the requirements laid out in these guidelines, it will be returned to you for amendments prior to peer review. Manuscripts may be desk reject…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism Plagiarism
The journal and Sage take issues of copyright infringement, plagiarism or other breaches of best practice in publication very seriously. Please read Sage's complete policy on plagiarism and the actions we may take.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprints
The journal will consider submissions of manuscripts that have been posted on preprint servers. Please enter the preprint DOI in the designated field when submitting your manuscript. We advise that you inform the Journal Editorial office about your posted preprint at submission. Note that you should not post an updated version of your manuscript on a preprint server while it is being peer reviewed…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Trial registration / reporting guidelines Reporting guidelines
Your manuscript must follow the relevant EQUATOR Network reporting guidelines, depending on the type of study. The EQUATOR wizard can help identify the appropriate guideline. You will need to upload the appropriate checklist with your submission. Other resources can be found at NLM’s Research Reporting Guidelines and Initiatives.
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- SAGE
- ISSN
- 2752-535X
- Electronic ISSN
- 2752-5368
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Community Health Equity Research & Policy
What CAS zone is Community Health Equity Research & Policy in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Community Health Equity Research & Policy is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Public, Environmental & Occupational Health. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Community Health Equity Research & Policy?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 2.2; this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 4.4, h-index 19.
How long does peer review take at Community Health Equity Research & Policy?
The publisher reports about 201 days (submission to acceptance); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 16.5%. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
What are the manuscript requirements of Community Health Equity Research & Policy?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: 100–250 words; Reference style: AMA; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of Community Health Equity Research & Policy based?
Of the 4 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (3) and Mexico (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Community Health Equity Research & Policy?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Community Health Equity Research & Policy is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Community Health Equity Research & Policy open access, and what is the APC?
Community Health Equity Research & Policy is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-26). Last updated: .